Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail. Bringing together three decades of study, an internati… [+5033 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Variant that combines Delta and Omicron identified; dogs sniff out virus with high accuracy The following is a summary of some recent studies … [+1852 chars]
One of the most powerful forms of solar storms, coronal mass emission (CME), occurs when the sun spews out a cloud of charged particles and electromagnetic fluctuations.The CME passing close to Earth… [+2634 chars]
Just over four light-years away, our Solar System's closest neighboring stars can be found. There's red dwarf Proxima Centauri, at a distance of 4.2 light-years; and, just a little farther, at 4.37 l… [+4629 chars]
Washington: In the past 20 years, the Arctic has lost about one-third of its winter sea ice volume, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Washington and the California Institut… [+3006 chars]
<table><tr><th>Lift Off Time </th><td>March 9, 2022 – 13:45 UTC | 08:45 EST</td></tr><tr><th>Mission Name </th><td>Starlink Group 4-10; the tenth launch to Starlink Shell 4</td></tr><tr><th>Launch … [+15600 chars]
Irvine, Calif., March 10, 2022 –An analysis of Antarctica’s Pope, Smith and Kohler glaciers by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of… [+5028 chars]
<ul><li>Scientists have recreated the genome of the Christmas Island rat, which went extinct more than 100 years ago.</li><li>But about 5% of the rat's genetic makeup could not be recreated, which me… [+4594 chars]
Elon Musk's space venture SpaceX on Wednesday launched 48 Starlink satellites. The satellites were launched into the orbit by a two-stage Falcon 9. The launch took place from Cape Canaveral Space For… [+1089 chars]
Around the world, between 40 and 50 volcanoes are currently erupting or in states of unrest, and hundreds of millions of people are at risk of hazards posed by these potentially active volcanos. Yet,… [+7528 chars]
To find features like groundwater under Earth 's surface — or under the surface of another world — scientists can sense the subtle marks those features leave in the planet's gravitational field. Bu… [+3544 chars]
UC Riverside scientists have developed a technique for solving a decades-old mystery involving the chemical in turkey that makes people sleepy. Their new ability to map the atoms involved in the prod… [+3747 chars]